Screven-Jenkins Regional Library System

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Screven-Jenkins Regional Library System
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Location Screven and Jenkins Counties, Georgia
Branches 2
Collection
Size 106,519 (2016) [1]
Access and use
Circulation 53,914 (2016) [1]
Population served 23,584 (2016) [1]
Members 8,630 (2016) [1]
Other information
Director Kathryn Youles
Website http://www.sjrls.weebly.com/

The Screven-Jenkins Regional Library System (SJRL) is a two county public library system serving the counties of Screven and Jenkins Georgia.

Public library Library that is accessible by the public

A public library is a library that is accessible by the general public and is usually funded from public sources, such as taxes. It is operated by librarians and library paraprofessionals, who are also civil servants.

Screven County, Georgia county in Georgia, United States

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Jenkins County, Georgia county in Georgia, United States

Jenkins County is a county located in the southeastern area of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 8,340. The county seat is Millen. The county was created on August 17, 1905 and named after the 44th Governor of Georgia, Charles Jones Jenkins.

Contents

SJRL is a member of PINES, a program of the Georgia Public Library Service that covers 53 library systems in 143 counties of Georgia. [2] Any resident in a PINES supported library system has access to the system's collection of 10.6 million books. [3] The library is also serviced by GALILEO, a program of the University System of Georgia which stands for "GeorgiA LIbrary LEarning Online". This program offers residents in supported libraries access to over 100 databases indexing thousands of periodicals and scholarly journals. It also boasts over 10,000 journal titles in full text. [4]

The Public Information Network for Electronic Services is the nearly statewide library consortium and its online library catalog of the Georgia Public Library Service. By June 2017, the catalog consisted of books from 284 library facilities in 143 counties across the U.S. state of Georgia with a collection size of 10.6 million items, all of which are searchable by anyone with a PINES library card which can be obtained free of charge from any PINES-participating library.

Georgia Public Library Service archive organization in Atlanta, United States

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History

The Screven County Library was the first branch of this system to be incorporated, as part of the Works Progress Administration in June 1936. The library headquarters was originally in the county courthouse and was run by Carrie White. White, not satisfied with the small starting collection received by the WPA, donated her own collection of books to the library. Within the first year the library received other donations of books, 300 from the Sylvania school system, and 100 from the Georgia Library Commission. [5]

Works Progress Administration largest and most ambitious United States federal government New Deal agency

The Works Progress Administration was an American New Deal agency, employing millions of people to carry out public works projects, including the construction of public buildings and roads. In a much smaller project, Federal Project Number One, the WPA employed musicians, artists, writers, actors and directors in large arts, drama, media, and literacy projects.

As the collection grew the library realized it needed more space to store all of its books. The library moved twice before settling in the first floor of the Sylvania Masonic lodge in 1950. The following year members of both Screven and Jenkins counties came together to work out details of a library system. The Screven-Jenkins Regional Library was the result of this meeting and was officially organized in November 1951. The headquarters was agreed to be the Screven County Library, with Jenkins County Memorial being the library branch for the neighboring county. With only two libraries serving the entirety of two counties a bookmobile was added in 1952 to help rural patrons get access to the books as well. [5]

In 1953 a member of the county, George Lorimer, donated $8,000 for the construction of a new library in Screven County on the requirement that the money be matched by the county board within 6 months. The amount was matched, and in August 1955 a bond issue passed to fund the rest of the construction fees for a new building. In 1989 the Screven County Library moved again into its current building. [5]

Branches

NameAddress
Jenkins County Memorial Library223 Daniel Street, Millen, GA 30442
Screven County Library106 South Community Drive, Sylvania, GA 30467

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Current Look at Georgia Libraries 2016" (PDF). Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  2. ↑ "PINES - About" . Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  3. ↑ "PINES Facts" (PDF). Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  4. ↑ "GALILEO - About" . Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  5. 1 2 3 "Screven County Library Has History of Service". The Sylvania Telephone. January 25, 1973.
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